Codex Vindobonensis 795

The Salzburg - Vienna manuscript (including Salzburg - Vienna Alcuin manuscript or Codex Vindobonensis 795) is a manuscript dating from the 8th, 9th or 10th century, containing the letters and papers of the Anglo-Saxon scholar Alcuin. As a kind of collective work, the content in any larger context. It is kept in the Austrian National Library.

Formation

The Salzburg - Vienna manuscript was written, according to the palaeographers Bernhard Bischoff in the scriptorium of the monastery of Saint- Amand summarized in French Flanders and on behalf Arns of Salzburg in the year 798 or 799. This contrasts with the thesis that the work was written in the 9th or 10th century.

After Bischoff Gothic alphabets and the runes of a then well-known master named Baldo, who must have still learned at this time, since large parts of the Greek records from a more experienced writer come Baldo and this has only added come. Because of the contained errors of Altgermanist Norbert Wagner concludes that the Gothic and Runic writings were merely copied from another work.

Content and structure

The manuscript is composed of several parts. The first, originally independent part contains the letters of Alcuin to Arn of Salzburg. This is followed by an orthographic treatise, the Greek alphabet, entitled " formae litterarum secundum Graecos " and a Greek syllabary, the Roman numerals, the Anglo-Saxon Futhark, a key to the bonifatischen notes ( cipher ), a cryptogram and two Gothic alphabets.

Scientific Importance

• The Anglo-Saxon Futhark contained in the manuscript is the frühestbezeugte manuscript version of this alphabet.
• The first of the two Gothic alphabets shows the original arrangement; the second is with Latin translations and transcriptions of the letters Old High German name, arranged their correct pronunciation and comments to the Gothic spelling again and partly as the Latin alphabet.
• The Gospel of Luke mentioned in the letters differs significantly from that of the written down in the Codex argenteus.
• The short Gothic detail of the Genesis serves as proof of the fact that the Gothic Bible has also included the Genesis.